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Yeah, as VG8 mentioned, we discussed this in the random thoughts thread. I've noticed it for about a week or so. Really annoying and ridiculous. There was an MTA alert about texts not working on TMobile or Sprint recently, too.

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Update: I sent in an email complaint about this problem. I recommend you guys do it as well so they take the issue seriously.

Yeah I was tracking the BxM2 this morning and it kept saying "Old Data". They'll address it eventually, but I can tell you from previous complaints that it isn't high on their list. I used report buses that couldn't be tracked. It would usually take them months to address the issue.

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Yeah I was tracking the BxM2 this morning and it kept saying "Old Data". They'll address it eventually, but I can tell you from previous complaints that it isn't high on their list. I used report buses that couldn't be tracked. It would usually take them months to address the issue.

At least they eventually addressed your issues. The ones I sent in are still very much present. Typical MTA.

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Update: I sent in an email complaint about this problem. I recommend you guys do it as well so they take the issue seriously.

Last two times I complained about SI bus service:

1st one about the s42/52 arriving 15 minutes after the Ferry from Manhattan arrived: Shitty bus driver reassigned after 3 months of complaining
2nd one about the other drivers on the AM S52 trip driving 10mph and making us miss the 7am ferry while the Awesome driver got us there at 6:58 so we weren't late to work: Awesome bus driver reassigned two weeks later (no diss to @SevenEleven, since I never saw him on the S52 run after he replaced the driver)

My luck, I complain and they'll shut down BusTime permanently next week.

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1st one about the s42/52 arriving 15 minutes after the Ferry from Manhattan arrived: Shitty bus driver reassigned after 3 months of complaining
2nd one about the other drivers on the AM S52 trip driving 10mph and making us miss the 7am ferry while the Awesome driver got us there at 6:58 so we weren't late to work: Awesome bus driver reassigned two weeks later (no diss to @SevenEleven, since I never saw him on the S52 run after he replaced the driver)

My luck, I complain and they'll shut down BusTime permanently next week.

Let the record show that I have not seen this nosy black man either. Lol 🤷🏾‍♂️

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I missed a Q38 and a Bx4 yesterday, thinking that the bus was far away (when in fact it was pretty close). I was not waiting for another Q38, so I was fed up. I was transferring from the Bx11 to the Bx4, but the bus was already at Westchester & Southern. Bustime showed the bus at Southern Boulevard 4 minutes after it left. Of course the next bus (Bx4A) came right as Bustime indicated (and after a while of waiting).

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Wow, that x17J version through Jersey City and Hoboken is completely on point! Obviously whoever made that map knows Jersey City well. Though I know a small short-cut to save some time via Bayonne and southern JC.

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Wow, that x17J version through Jersey City and Hoboken is completely on point! Obviously whoever made that map knows Jersey City well. Though I know a small short-cut to save some time via Bayonne and southern JC.

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does bustime work on smartphones? i have it installed on my phone, whenever i try to use i get an error message that says check internet connection. my phone has good 4g signal, and other apps work fine.

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does bustime work on smartphones? i have it installed on my phone, whenever i try to use i get an error message that says check internet connection. my phone has good 4g signal, and other apps work fine.

Why would you have "install" it as an app when you can simply go to bustime.mta.info and use it within your browser? I have enough apps as it is hogging up space on my phone. I try to eliminate bloat wear as much as possible.

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Why would you have "install" it as an app when you can simply go to bustime.mta.info and use it within your browser? I have enough apps as it is hogging up space on my phone. I try to eliminate bloat wear as much as possible.

Yeah but this is different though. If I just need to track the bus then I can do that on the browser. I have different apps that I use for things like seeing what time the express bus is due at a particular stop, etc.

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Yeah but this is different though. If I just need to track the bus then I can do that on the browser. I have different apps that I use for things like seeing what time the express bus is due at a particular stop, etc.

I mean yeah you can do that. You give users as many options as possible and with as much compatibly. From a UX standpoint a browser unless your already in it is more steps. Open browser,Bookmark or URL, browser location permissions on top of finding the route your already more steps in then one tap on a icon and auto location now you can track buses from your location. Plus the possibility adding favorite routes and push notifications for service is already enough to differentiate native vs web apps. To each is own both work we build both types of apps I’m just making the case for native apps. True Organization and storage might become a issue with a large number of apps. Just feel the pros outweigh the cons In most workflows. shrugs.

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Why would you have "install" it as an app when you can simply go to bustime.mta.info and use it within your browser? I have enough apps as it is hogging up space on my phone. I try to eliminate bloat wear as much as possible.

The browser version has very limited features compare to the bustime app. The bustime app has a map that you can see where the bus is on the route and any how many stops away the bus is. The browser does not have the map, it only shows how many stops away. To view the map, on my browser i have to request the desktop site. Requesting the desktop makes the browser very laggy and the interface is not suited for mobile devices.

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The browser version has very limited features compare to the bustime app. The bustime app has a map that you can see where the bus is on the route and any how many stops away the bus is. The browser does not have the map, it only shows how many stops away. To view the map, on my browser i have to request the desktop site. Requesting the desktop makes the browser very laggy and the interface is not suited for mobile devices.

What are you talking about? This is only true if you use the mobile version. The desktop version has everything that the app has. I've been using the desktop version before it was even available to the public so if anyone knows the ins out outs it's me.